Sr. Backend Engineer - Society6 Contract

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The Society6 team is a fun, diverse and dynamic group of people who love design, technology and connecting with others.
Big picture? We are an online marketplace whose goal is to empower its community of independent artists from around the world to create and sell art online through over 60 unique product offerings. Our focus is on creating high quality products that bring joy into the homes and lives of our large and growing customer base. We take pride knowing our artists make a living by selling their artwork and designs through Society6.
Leaf Group is a house of brands, creating and cultivating digital-first companies in growing lifestyle categories: Fitness & Wellness (Well Good, Livestrong.com); Home & Decor (Hunker, Society 6), and Art & Design (Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair). Additionally, we have performance focused brands in key categories such as Travel, Pets, and DIY (OnlyInYourState, Cuteness, eHow). Our media and marketplace brands are authentic and authoritative, reaching a large and growing passionate audience.
We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We look for proactive, accountable people focused on continuous learning and growth to push themselves and our businesses forward. Check us out
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We are looking for a contract Senior Back End Engineer.
We’re looking for the next generation of tech leaders who understand that simplicity and reliability are aspects of a system to be carefully calculated with every decision made.
A big vision calls for a big job. As we grow, our need for a contract Senior Back End Enginee
r grows with us. Remote will be considered for this role.
What your typical day looks like:
You’ll work with a team of high level dedicated engineers and product managers in the creation of our ecommerce platform, tools for artists, mobile optimized sites, and search / discovery for our millions of pieces of art
You’ll collaborate with team members to conceptualize and build well-crafted scalable solutions that will meet the demands of our high volume of daily traffic and daily transactions
You’ll constructively provide feedback and insights to your peers through code reviews and other discussions
You’ll produce high-quality results by leading or contributing heavily to large cross-functional projects that have a significant impact on the business.
You’ll improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
What you have:
Experience web applications professionally for 4 years.
Extensive experience with imperative programming languages -- e.g., PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, C, or Java.
Worked with Amazon Web Services
Experience in React-Redux, MySQL and CouchBase is a huge plus
You write testable, maintainable, and understandable code
You have a passion for knowledge, continued learning, and sharing it with others.
You are a strong communicator. You can explain complex topics to peers, the product team, and other non-technical team members.
You’ll be successful here if you want to be involved in every step of the development process, if you're seeking an environment where you can have ownership, problem solve with other talented engineers, continue to learn, and advance your career.
What We Have:
eHow is the 2019 & 2020 People's Choice and official Webby Winner for Social Video/How To-DIY
Well Good is the 2019 People's Choice winner of the Webby’s Award for Best Lifestyle Brand
Leaf Group is among TalentDesk’s 2019 Best Companies To Work For
Leaf Group is among the 2019 Built In LA Best Companies To Work For
Leaf Group is among Comparably's 2018 Best Companies in Los Angeles
Well Good is the 2018 winner of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company Award
MyPlate is the 2018 winner of the Webby Award for Best Design
Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably
Leaf Group, Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings are welcome and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by state, federal, or local law. It is the intent of the Company to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local legislation concerning equal opportunity in employment.
Agency Disclosure:
If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.

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